How gender stereotypes kick in age six
Gender stereotypes start kicking in when children are as young as six, according to a report in the journal Science.
It appears, from that age, girls start to see themselves as less innately talented than boys - before then both sexes think their own gender is "brilliant".
Joanna Gosling spoke to Professor Paul Howard-Jones, an education neuroscientist from Bristol University, and Professor Gemma Moss, director of the UCL Institute of Education's International Literacy Centre, to discuss where children are picking up influences at such a young age.
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